The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 3: The coming dusk (part one)
Jonah's fingers slid across the torn pages of the untitled book, and his fingertips seemed to be able to feel the temperature of the flame. Everything that happened at Redstone Fort yesterday was blurred. Only the scribbled signature at the end of the page made him feel awe and fear , "Segles the Betrayer", this mysterious prophet has control of the future.
At lunchtime, he tentatively asked the tutor if he had heard of this person. The seven-level astrologer Koshava, who was 70 years old or older, shook his huge hairy head and said in a vague voice: "Wait for you to come to me. At my age, I’ll understand that the name is a stupid thing — forget them all! What’s the name of the beautiful proprietress in the tavern at No. 13 Lower Street, Redstone Fort? I don’t care. There are too many things that need my attention.” Ke Shava lifted his loose eyelids to look at him, and stretched his fingers over his head. "I like her breasts, but there is no need to like her name."
"Redstone Fort has fallen. I'm afraid the lady boss also..." Jonah whispered.
Koshawa paused and said, "I still don't care."
The dinner was silent.
The work of an astrologer is divided into three parts: observation, calculation and creation.
They believe that the starry sky is composed of endless stars wrapped around the continent. There is a great force to pull the movement of the stars and maintain the distance between the stars. Every star has a line of light and heat. Other stars are connected, and there are endless lines between the endless stars. When this line penetrates the continent, the observer can see two stars appearing in the night sky.
Observe the trajectory of the stars in the ecliptic, and through complex calculations, the astrologer can grasp part of the power of the energy line, and pour the power into the pattern engraved on the magic crystal or gem according to the corresponding trajectory of the stars. Formed a basic star array.
Of course, the day came because a star was too close to the mainland, concealing the light of other stars.
Koshava's working hours are mainly from early morning to noon, and the time after lunch is free.
Astrology is a complex subject. The twelve-year apprenticeship has only allowed Jonah to touch the skin of astrology. His tutor Koshava spent thirty years observing a pair of stars, the energy of the star line. The characteristic is balance. When the slight free energy was successfully stripped from the star line for the first time, all the objects in his laboratory floated into the air (including Koshava himself), crowded and formed with the garnet that absorbed energy as the center. A prickly sphere, the stove jets out a stream of fire, and the magic potion is wrapped around the flame, and the room has reached a balance of weight, form, and even aesthetics.
Because of this discovery, Koshava was promoted to the seventh-level astrologer, which is only two steps away from the highest-honor ninth-level astrologer recognized by the Astrologer Association (ie, master of astrology). Of course, there are only five in the entire continent. The master of astrology is an unattainable target. Koshava only hopes to be able to wear the badge of the eighth-level astrologer before being confused-this may be one of the reasons why he no longer cares about the beautiful boss’s breasts, Jonah thought. .
The temperature-controlled star array on his belt is a masterpiece of the instructor, balancing the surrounding temperature with the power of stars.
The old man would be furious when he saw the broken black crystal. Jonathan wanted to tell the mentor the bad news, but then he chose to shut up.
His room is in the middle of the astrology tower, measuring fifteen feet vertically and horizontally. It is cluttered with telescopes, planetariums, flasks, scrolls, and books. A plump steam puppet is walking awkwardly in the room. Walking around, puffing with white smoke that smells bad.
This is a gift from an old friend of Koshava eight months ago. This old gentleman with a gray beard traveled here in the steamship "Cripple Henry", the highest crystallization of steam puppet technology in the whole continent. Lun made a short stay, and tactfully rejected the invitation of Her Majesty the Queen, who was troubled internally and externally but was still warm and hospitable. He landed in the desolate wilderness of the red soil plateau and walked to the Astrology Tower to visit his friends fifty years ago.
The weird character Koshava did not show excessive enthusiasm,-it should be said that fortunately he did not show excessive unenthusiasm-a few unnutritious chats, exchange gifts, shake hands, and then turned back to his tower At the top of the research room, the door was locked with a click.
Jonah was very polite to the old gentleman with a cane, and did all the duties a host should do, including giving up his couch for guests to stay temporarily, and lying on the floor to tolerate the snoring of guests.
Three days later, the "Clap Henry" uttered an earth-shattering roar, spewing out fifty feet of thick white smoke, and slowly took off. The old gentleman left this steam puppet in return, Jonah. He accepted it with a faint smile, and danced after the airship turned into a black spot on the horizon.
The steam puppet is a toy that every child dreams of. For St. Boren, a country dominated by art, it is difficult for the nobles to come into contact with the mysterious steam machinery.
The steam puppet master is a distinguished profession in the Eastern Continent, possessing great military deterrence and civil influence. How can the precious gift given to him by the owner of the "Cripple Henry" personally, how can he not let the sixteen-year-old child rejoice If it's crazy.
There are five three-stage joysticks behind this puppet, which determine the status of the puppet’s feet, hands, waist, and head, and three random actions. If you accept the set combination, the puppet will be in Circle around the area of five square feet, waving your hands, patrolling the surroundings, and occasionally stopping to do two funny bows. In addition to regularly adding water, the magic stone in the puppet's belly can provide energy for a year, enough for him to play until he gets tired.
Like now, when looking at the torn pages of an untitled book with anxiety and extreme curiosity, the puppet’s heavy footsteps and jets are a bit annoying, and Jonah walked over and brought the five joysticks to the bottom. The puppet exhaled white smoke and stood still.
Jonah knelt before the bed, holding up the pages of the book.
On the three sheets of paper near the back cover, the top half of the first page was burnt, and it was browned.
The writing of the book is similar to that of a diary. After the date, a paragraph of the text, Jona tried his best to identify the incompletely burned part, and saw the familiar handwriting of the betrayer Segles: "...together, I can’t see each other, just I can see the sky and the heels."
The first is the part that he unintentionally flipped through at the time and was fulfilled in reality. If the untitled book is written in chronological order, then the next thing is a prediction of the future.
Jonah felt his heart beating irregularly, looked back at the door of the room, swallowed, and read the next prophecy.
"On October 6, Gamaliel descended from the sky with all the selected pagans. Ayala could not see him, Ayala could not hear him, but he lived in the palace of bones and did not feel Panicked.'Don't approach the mirror', Gamaliel gave him advice."
Jona scratched his head. He remembered the date of the last prophecy: "On October 5, the sun was pierced by a sharp sword. They gathered together and could not see each other, only the sky and the heel."
Jonah believes that what happened yesterday at Redstone Fort is a faithful reproduction of this prophecy. The second prophecy is only one day away from the first, so there is no doubt that it will be fulfilled today.
The young astrologer apprentice concealed the paper and looked around anxiously. The cluttered room was quiet and silent, and the brass sky orbit device circulated on its own at the top of the bookcase, evolving the orbits of the three suns in the ecliptic. , A ray of sunlight came in from the narrow window, illuminating the books and quill on the desk.
It's okay, everything is normal, maybe the first prediction is just a coincidence; maybe the second prediction is realized in a very remote place, such as the icy northern continent. Jonah patted his chest to comfort himself.
He carefully collected the remaining pages of the unknown book and decided not to worry about the illusory prophecy, but to hurry up and finish today’s exercises. During dinner, Mr. Koshava will check the homework, and the apprentice astrologer will not only do it once. Because of the complicated star-line angle calculation problem, I had to starve and watch the tutor enjoy a sumptuous dinner alone. ——Not a good memory.
He was sitting at the table, spreading out the exercise sheet, and the nib of the quill was dipped in ink. The warm sun made him a little drowsy. Outside the window, the vast red soil plain shone like a smooth red crystal under the sun. From here, you could not see the cavalry of the invaders, nor the people of St. Boren. Chenghe's blood.
Don't think about the useless things. Teacher Koshava has always taught him this way. Jonah has been trying, but it's difficult. After finishing the two exercises, his eyelids were as heavy as lead, and his bad sleep last night began to collect debts. Jonah decided to lie down on the table and take a nap. Just a little while. five minutes?